Differences Between Rise Of An Empire And 300 Movie
Historical Review
300 & 300: Rise Of An Empire
By: Liam McCullough
Both Movies 300 and 300: Rise of an Empire, were over two battles that took place during the Persian war that spanned from 499 to 449 BC. The two Battles were the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Salamis both happened in 480 BC. The main source of these facts come from a man named Herodotus who is called, and was called the father of history. The movie 300 was based off the Battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans sent 300 men to fight the Persians at a narrow passage, among these 300 men was the spartan king Leonidas. These 300 men were helped by Allied Peloponnesian cities and others that were picked up on the way to the battle. These allies awaited the arrival of Xerxes's, they also rebuilt the wall that the Phocians built at the narrow passage. When the Persians arrived mid-August the Persians waited about three days so the Allied forces would leave. When the Xerxes's was convinced that the allied forces had left the narrow passage he sent his men to the passage to check it out, but there the Allied forces were in position that was suitable for war against the …show more content…
An accuracy within the first movie 300 was near the beginning when you see the government official on a cliff with a baby inspecting it to decide if it will be discarded. The inaccuracy would be the way Xerxes is shown, in the movie he is bald, tall, and comes to the front lines. In real life he had a beard and was much shorter he also never came to the front line at the Battle of Thermopylae. An accuracy in the second movie would be when the Allied navy lurid them into a trap in a narrow water way. The inaccuracy is when Themistocles and Artemisia had a meeting in neutral waters on a ship this did not happen. The two movies in my opinion are a good historical tool, but they could be better some scenes did not need to happen, and some things could have been
300 & 300: Rise Of An Empire
By: Liam McCullough
Both Movies 300 and 300: Rise of an Empire, were over two battles that took place during the Persian war that spanned from 499 to 449 BC. The two Battles were the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Salamis both happened in 480 BC. The main source of these facts come from a man named Herodotus who is called, and was called the father of history. The movie 300 was based off the Battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans sent 300 men to fight the Persians at a narrow passage, among these 300 men was the spartan king Leonidas. These 300 men were helped by Allied Peloponnesian cities and others that were picked up on the way to the battle. These allies awaited the arrival of Xerxes's, they also rebuilt the wall that the Phocians built at the narrow passage. When the Persians arrived mid-August the Persians waited about three days so the Allied forces would leave. When the Xerxes's was convinced that the allied forces had left the narrow passage he sent his men to the passage to check it out, but there the Allied forces were in position that was suitable for war against the …show more content…
An accuracy within the first movie 300 was near the beginning when you see the government official on a cliff with a baby inspecting it to decide if it will be discarded. The inaccuracy would be the way Xerxes is shown, in the movie he is bald, tall, and comes to the front lines. In real life he had a beard and was much shorter he also never came to the front line at the Battle of Thermopylae. An accuracy in the second movie would be when the Allied navy lurid them into a trap in a narrow water way. The inaccuracy is when Themistocles and Artemisia had a meeting in neutral waters on a ship this did not happen. The two movies in my opinion are a good historical tool, but they could be better some scenes did not need to happen, and some things could have been